State Attorney of the Transvaal

The State Attorney of the Transvaal was the principal legal officer of the Transvaal,^[1] or, as it was also known, the South African Republic.

Arms of the South African Republic

List of officeholders

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Tenure	Notes
1		Eduard Johan Pieter Jorissen (1829–1912)	1876–1877
2		Willem Johannes Leyds (1859–1940)	1884–1888
3		? Burgers	1888?–1894
4		Ewald Auguste Esselen (1858–1918)	1894–1895
5		Hermanus Jacobus Coster (1865–1899)	1895–1898	Later killed in the Battle of Elandslaagte of the Second Boer War.
6		Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870–1950)	1898–1902

See also

• State President of the South African Republic
• State Secretary of the South African Republic